A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books. ~ Walt Whitman
I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck. - Emma Goldman
Bloom where you are planted. - Mary Engelbreit
I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers. ~ Claude Monet (Monet's painting above)
Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts. ~ Sigmund Freud
The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers. ~ Basho
Perfumes are the feelings of flowers. ~ Heinrich Heine
With daffodils mad footnotes for the spring, and asters purple asterisks for autumn. ~ Conrad Aiken
- What are your favorite flowers and places to enjoy them?
- How often do you stop to 'smell the roses'?
- How can flowers and trees and natural places help to rejuvenate you?